Sanitary drinking-fountain.



A. H. SUMMERS. SANITARY DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.2-1, 1911.

1,038,02 1.. n d pt. 10; 1912.

ARTHUR SUMMERS, OF MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS.

SANITARY DRINKING-FOUNTAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 21, 1911. Serial No. 655,915,

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

1b all whom it may concern.

Be it. known that I, Anrnun E. Sunnnns, citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of Jefferson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Driuking-Fountains, of which the following is a. specification.

My invention relates to dispensing vessels, and particularly to fountains for supplying drinking water.

(it v The primary object of my invention is the provision of a sanitary fountain for use in public places, particularly schools, so arranged that it maybe used either for filling individual cups or as a bubblcr, that is, a fountain from which water may be forced up in a jet, to which the mouth of the user may be applied without the necessity of usin any cup and without the necessity of touching any part of the outletnozzle or faucet.

Another object is the provision of a fountain having a reservoir and faucets or discharge nozzles, so arranged that the reservoir may be entirely drained either through the faucets or through a drain cock.

Another object is to provide a fountain of the character abovedescribed with discharge outlet pipes and bubbler faucets, so arranged that there will be sufficient head or static pressure within the fountain to cause a proper discharge of thewater at the bubbler faucet even when the fountain is nearly drained.

, Another object is to provide in connection with the fountain as above described a drip pan so arranged that all waste water whether from the faucets or from the drain cock may be caught and carried to a waste containing vessel or pipe.

A further object is to provide a drainage pan of the character described having thereon means for supporting the tank oil the floor of the pan and thus permit the waste water to How beneath the reservoir, and to provide such a Waste pan with an upstanding marginal flange not only acting to catch water issuing from the faucets, but also act ing as a support for the hand of the operator in operating the faucets.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings w herein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved drinking fountain. Fig. 2 is a vertical diametrical section through the fountain and drip pan, the discharge pipes and faucets being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a fragmental-y plan view of the drip pan. Fig. l is an enlarged longitudinal diametrical section of one of the faucets.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to these drawings, it will be seen that the reservoir proper consists of an outer shell 2 and an inner shell 3 and a packing 4- of nonconducting material disposed between the outer and inner shells and acting to keep the water cool in warm weather and prevent its freezing in cold weather. The reservoir may be of any suitable form but is shown as circular. Thereservoir is supported upon an annular base 5 of any suitable construction. For the purpose of supporting the reservoir 1. provide a support consisting of downwardly extending legs 6 of 'any suitable construction and a drainage plate or pan 7. This pan'is annular in form, considerably larger than the base 5 of the reservoir, and has a central dischargeout-let 81 The pan is dish-shaped, that is, its bottom inclines downward and toward the central discharge opening. The pan is formed at its margin with an up standing flange 9. A

Disposed at the bottom of the reservoir is an outlet opening which is formed by a nipple 10. Engaging the nipple 10 below the same is a T 11 preferably having a plurality of laterally extending branches or ways, and a downwardly extending branch. To the downwardly extending branch of the T l1,.is attached a drain cook 12. Screw threaded into the lateral branches of the nipple are the radiating discharge pipes 13 which project out through the base 5 and are screw threaded at theirexterior ends. Attached to the screw threaded ends of the pipes 13 are the faucets 14 which will be hereinafter described.

The drain pan 7 is formed at intervals with upwardly extending lugs 15 upon which the lower margin of the base 5' rests so that the baseli is supported above the bottom of the drain pan, thus permitting Water discharged from the faucets to pass beneath the base 5 to-the discharge opening or drain outlet of the pan. These lugs 15 are preferably attached to the drain pan by the same bolt 16 which attaches the legs 6 to the near one end in the cnlarn ain p: n. The 15 are flanged at their or ends so as to center the base 5 upon and with relation to the drain pan prove it the reservoir and its base tron: shifted laterally out of concentric y ith the drain pan.

The. faucets ll each consist 0t an clongated luhular body having an enlarged thri-aifled head 1? at one end in- J screw threaded for engagement -iiith the 'at'lCVf tlu'eadcd end of the dis pipe a l having many sided exterior taco why a wrench may be applied to th trance... lho faucet is formed iiitrriorl i the valve seat 18. the paslhe "valve seat opening: into a. chamber 19. Directly i i ular u n thro h the valve seat .20 opening into a. relaber 21. adapted to receive The push button .22 has as the ehainbe 21 and therein. Disposed, within the 'laucct a valve "23 adapted to the scat and formed with shank l'iaving" radially disposed Ti lie valve and its shank is atl to a valve s indle. screw threaded l'or cu .li'liilt with the cap 22. is holl wed out as at. 26 and is wit 1 an inter i ly screw threaded o'ing' win the threaded end at one. or d .lurii adding the spindle '23 and disposed chamber 26 nos other end bears nst the nail. of the chamber 21. Tl is I s the cap utward and causes ,"the valve. 2. to be drawn normally in place against the seat is. Upon pushing in upon the push button, howci'cn the valve will. be )Eltlltll rmruxitting the p; go of water from the body of the faucet. into the enlarged pinholar chamber 19. The chamber fill iilischargc opening: in its upper wall this inverting being preferably circular anti e i of the opening being interiorly sc ew lhrc: .d. It discharge nozzle screw threaded engagements with this i and attends upward therefrom. Tl is no /ale pi .i :ably consists of a cylindrical. shell ggra dually contracting toward its upper end and fi' rined with a relatively small outlet. opening 30.

It will be seen that with the construction hereiotore described the. tank is entirely drained either by operating the faucets or by draining itthrough the drain cook 12. "th s i tor the reason that the discharge pipes ,7 are disposed below the bottom of the tank and do not extend out from the side of the tank on a. level with the bottom. :h llLtlNH'llUH'C, it will be seen that by placing the discluirsgo pipes '13 below the bottom of flu:- ti rk a suliicicnt head to cause a bubble iled has

or jet will be provided, even though the water within the tank be Very low. It will further be seen that when any push button of any faucet. forced inward, the water 'ill pass into the body oi the "faucet and be ejected from the cont acted opening of the faucet in the form of a jet or bubble. By disposing the faucet l l abore the drip pan, it is possible to place a cup or like rcccptacle beneath the faucet to collect the water discharged therefrom, and it will also be seen that the faucet is of such length to permit a. user to place his or her mouth iunnei'liately above the ltnibbler and thus secure a, drink of water without the necessity oi using a cup or like receptacle. The length of the taucet permits this to be done without the head of the user coming in contact with the tank. The contracted nipple on the faucet causes the bubble or jet to rise to a sullicicnt height with such static pres sure as provided by the "at ill the reservoir, while the flow regulated by the push H button.

It to be particularly noted that the base 5 su 'iportcd from the upper face' of the clr..'.uage pan 7 by ineans of the lugs 15 and that the base extends down below the drain cock l2 and that therefore the drain cock can not be operated unless the reservoir and its base are liitcd from the drainage pan. in other words the base houses the discharge T and nipple and the cock tharetor and thus protects the some and prevents the drain cock 12 from beingturned maliciously, and turthernmrc in this c0nucctiou it will be noted that the margin of the drain pan extends upwardly above the lower edge of the base 5, that is, above the drainage opening between the base and the drainage pan and thus p reiits the insertion of a wire or implement beneath the base to turn the drain cock 19.

llhat I claim is:

1. A drinking fountain of the character described, including a reservoir, a discharge nipple leading from the lower end of the reservoir and formed with a drain cock at its lower end, radially disposed discharge pipes leading from the said nipple above the drain cock and provided with discharging 't'aucets at. their C11(lf5,f-1Hl a dished drainage pan disposed below the reservoir and spaced thcret'roin and extending out beyond the faucets, said pan having an upwardly extending; marginal flange and a centrally disposed drainage opening beneath the lower end of [he discharg r-e nipple.

2. I. drinking fountain of the character described including a reservoir having a downwardly extending annular base, a dished drainage pan disposed below the base and ha viug upwardly extending lugs upon which the base. rests, said lugs being formed at their outer ends with upwardly extending limiting flanges, the drainage pan being formed with a marginal, upwardly extending flange and a central discharge opening, a discharge nipple and T extending downward from the center of the reservoir and entirely housed within said base, a ,drain cock on the lower end of the T, radially extending. discharge pipes leading from the T and projecting through the base, and discharge faucets located on the ends of the pipes, each having an upwardly eXtending discharge opening, said drain pan extending out beyond the faucets.

3. A drinking fountain of the character described including a reseivoir having a downwardly extending annular base, a dished drainage pan disposed below the base and having upwardly extending lugs upon which the base rests and by which it is supported in spaced relation to the pan,

said lugs being formed at their outer ends with upwardly extending limiting flanges whereby to center the base with relation to the pan, said pan being formed with a mar ginal upwardly extending flange and a central discharge opening, a discharge nipple and T extending downward from the cen ter of the reservoir immediately above the discharge opening of the pan, a drain cock on the lower end of the T, radially extending discharge pipes leading from the T and projecting through the base, and discharge faucets located on the ends of the pipes, each having an upwardly extending discharge opening and .a pressure valve at its extremity, the upwardly extending flangecock, said base extending below the drain cock, and a dish-shaped drainage pan disposed below the base and spaced therefrom, the margin of saidpan extending upwardly to a point above the lower edge of the base.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

e ARTHUR E. SUMMERS. [1..s.]

Witnesses:

BURRELL HAWKINS, JAMES L. POLLOCK. 

